Election 2019: A look at how B.C. votedBack to video

One of the closest races was in Port Moody-Coquitlam, where Conservative Nelly Shin was elected in a nail biter race. Late in the evening, Zarillo appeared to be winning but then Shin took the lead and won with 16,588 votes, just 333 votes more than NDP candidate Bonita Zarillo at 16,255 votes. Liberal candidate Sara Badiei was in a close third with 15,409 votes.

Conservative Nelly Shin won in Port Moody-Coquitlam with just over 300 votes.Conservative Party/PNG

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May held on to their seats in B.C., whileIndependent candidate Jody Wilson-Raybould, who was ousted by the Liberal Party during the SNC Lavalin scandal, won in her Vancouver-Granville riding.

It was a tight race with Wilson-Raybould’s Liberal opponent Taleeb Noormohamed taking an early lead, however in the end it was 32.3 per cent, or 16,537 votes, for Wilson-Raybould to Noormohamed’s 26.6 per cent, or 13,637 votes.

Voter turnout in B.C. was 65 per cent, according to early results from Elections Canada. This was down from 70 per cent voter turnout in the province in 2015, but still much higher than 2011, when the the voter turnout in B.C. was just 59 per cent.

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Singh won 35.7 per cent of the popular vote in Burnaby South, and beat Conservative Jay Shin by 2,876 votes, while May had a strong lead in Saanich-Gulf Islands with 48.8 per cent, and 32,326 votes.

Green candidate for Nanaimo-Ladysmith Paul Manly also won meaning two of the Green Party’s three MPs were elected in B.C. Manly garnered 34.5 per cent, or 24,537 votes, beating Conservative John Hirst with 25.9 per cent, or 18,447 votes.

The Liberals also held Delta, Surrey Centre, Surrey-Newton, and Fleetwood-Port Kells.

This is a screen shot from Elections Canada showing how people voted in B.C. in the federal election 2019.

The Conservatives took several key ridings back from the Liberals, including South Surrey-White Rock, where Kerry-Lynne Findlay defeated incumbent Liberal candidate Gordie Hogg with 24,044 votes to Hogg’s 21,319.

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In Cloverdale-Langley City, there was a close race into the night between the Conservatives and the incumbent Liberals, but in the end it went from red to blue, with Conservative Tamara Jansen (37.7 per cent) narrowly beating Liberal incumbent John Aldag (35.4 per cent) by 1,302 votes.

The Conservatives also took back seats in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge, where Marc Dalton won with 36.3 per cent, Brad Vis took Mission-Matsui-Fraser Canyon with 42.1 per cent, and Tracy Gray swept Kelowna-Lake Country with 45. 7per cent.

Both ridings in Richmond went to the Tories. Conservative Alice Wong won her fourth term with 18,791 votes to Liberal candidate Steven Kou’s 10,824 votes. There was a surprising turn of events in Steveston-Richmond East, however, where Conservative Kenny Chiu defeated Liberal incumbent Joe Peschisolido. Chiu came in strong with 17,193 votes to Peschisolido’s 14,397.

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In another riding to watch, Central-Okanagan-Similikameen, Conservative Dan Albas was elected for a third term after he almost lost to the Liberals in 2015. This year he won with a comfortable lead of 47.9 per cent, with the Liberal candidate trailing by 25 per cent.

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